tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22003195672237271872016-02-17T16:21:08.807-08:00about print & patternbowie stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466484114788079965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200319567223727187.post-66427956971898829632015-06-22T13:50:00.000-07:002015-06-22T12:22:28.335-07:00FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<strong><span style="color: #000099;">WHAT IS PRINT &amp; PATTERN ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">print &amp; pattern is a UK based website that celebrates all aspects of printed surface pattern. i look at textiles, cards, gift wrap, stationery, wallpaper, tableware, books, illustration, and anything</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">that fits my love of printed patterns and motifs.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #000099;">HOW DOES IT WORK ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">i usually post new features everyday monday to friday.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">if you see something you like just click on the links (<span style="color: #339999;">featured in turquoise text</span>)</span> <span style="color: #000099;">and they will take to you to the relevent website, shop, or designer.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">i feature lovely products you can buy, designers or studios you can commission, graduates you can hire, and collect inspirational design from all over the world that will get your creative </span><span style="color: #000099;">juices going.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">everything that falls off of the front page goes into the archives and you can click</span> <span style="color: #000099;">any month from the menu on the right to see all the earlier posts.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #000099;">WHO COMPILES IT ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">thats me. im a designer based in the UK. "bowie style" is just a pseudonymn i made up the day i signed up to blogger to publish print &amp; pattern. i needed a username and glanced around the room looking for ideas. i had a book on the shelf called 'bowie style' by mark paytress. it features one of my heroes david bowie and the many different looks he has had over the years. since then the name has stuck and ive been posting under the name bowie for a few years now. i didnt realise at the time P+P would take off so big or i may have thought harder about a name !</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>CAN I BE FEATURED ON PRINT &amp; PATTERN ?</strong><br />anyone can submit images for a possible mention or feature. but please bear in mind the print &amp; pattern aesthetic. a glance through the pages will show you the sort of topics and styles covered.<br />images should be sent as jpegs no smaller than 500 pixels wide, and dont forget to attach your website details, and any relevent info. i get dozens of requests each day so dont panic if you get no reply - its just that i dont always have time to reply to each one personally. it doesnt mean that i dont like your work or that it wont be featured.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000099;">NO pdf files please</span><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">submissions can be sent to </span><a href="mailto:bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="color: #333333;">bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk</span></a><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #000099;">ps. as editor of P+P i have to set a certain standard and you are also at the mercy of my taste.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #000099;">for example i dont approve of any cruelty to animals : including leather goods, suede, furs, skins.</span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #000099;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #000099;">im really sorry but i can only accept emails written in english.</span><span style="color: #000099;"></span></em><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #000099;">CAN I LEAVE COMMENTS ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">you can leave comments for any posts - designers love to hear if you like their work. but abuse and hurtful criticism, or blatant advertising wont be tolerated or make it through the spam filters.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">you can comment even if you are not a member of blogger, just type your name or pseudonym in the appropriate box.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><strong><span style="color: #000099;">HOW DO I BECOME A SPONSOR ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">see separate post below.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><br /></span><strong><span style="color: #000099;">CAN YOU HELP ME IN MY DESIGN CAREER ?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">i get tons of emails asking for advice on how to get into design work.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">unfortunately i</span> <span style="color: #000099;">dont really have all the answers and simply dont have the time to advise everyone personally. but if you</span> <span style="color: #000099;">are a designer, student or graduate one thing i can probably do is give you a shout out here</span> <span style="color: #000099;">on print &amp; pattern. providing your work fits the P+P quality standards and aesthetic. just email me to request a potential showcase.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>my general advice to anyone wanting to find design work is :</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>job hunting/commissions</strong> : try and find out the names of design studios or companies. they could be looking for designers to work in house or freelance.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">research your fave companies and designers and approach them with a link to your online folio site. </span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>freelancing</strong> try and<strong> </strong>get yourself an agent in london, new york, or locally.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">if your work is good enough they will take you onto their books and will then find projects for you. obviously they take a cut of the fees but at least you will only need to concentrate on the designing.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>courses</strong> in the UK you can choose to take a degree course in 'surface pattern design' and this will give you a grounding in all aspects of the field. other relevent courses are 'graphic design' and 'illustration'.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>general advice</strong> : create a fab portfolio of work, get yourself a website (even if its just a free blog or flickr) it will be your online showcase and is vital in this day and age, research your chosen area of interest and google to find relevant companies and studios to target.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">visit trade shows such as the USA's <em>surtex </em>and<em> printsource</em> in new york and the UK's <em>spring fair</em>, birmingham.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">for europe check out <em>heimtextil</em>, frankfurt and <em>indigo</em>, paris.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">design artworks are sold at all of these shows and this is where big companies do there buying.</span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"><strong>HOW CAN I PLACE A JOB VACANCY AD or RECRUIT FREELANCERS ?</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;"></span><br /><span style="color: #000099;">all adverts for design jobs, freelance opportunities, and competitions can be advertised for free on the jobs board. ads should be supplied as jpegs measuring 400 pixels wide by anything up to 800 pixels high. email your adverts to <a href="mailto:bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="color: #666666;">bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk</span></a> and i'll do the rest</span>bowie stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466484114788079965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200319567223727187.post-92133127694347714042015-06-22T13:30:00.000-07:002015-06-22T12:33:30.125-07:00DETAILS ABOUT BECOMING A SPONSORbowie stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466484114788079965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200319567223727187.post-20526137152924338912015-06-22T12:08:00.003-07:002015-06-22T12:33:12.666-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for your interest in&nbsp;advertising on Print &amp; Pattern</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are all the details you need to know....</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">PRINT &amp; PATTERN AD RATES</span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">------------------<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">the price is :-</span><br /><br /><strong>£100 for 3 months for a 140x140 pixels&nbsp;static ad</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #208b84; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;">You can easily purchase a square advert in the left hand column of </span><span style="color: #208b84; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;">Print &amp; Pattern and reach a lovely audience.</span><br /><span style="color: #208b84; font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However Advertisers will need to be relevant to P+P readers.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example in the past I have turned down unrelated requests such a wood flooring, mobile phones, and diamonds. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But..</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Etsy Shops, Design Studios, Design Agents, Trade Magazines, Individual Designers of all kinds and any level, Illustrators, Card Companies, Fabric Stores, Quilt Companies, Book Publishers, Art Supplies, Design Trade Shows, Online shops, and anything arty and creative is of interest.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your advert will go in the the best space currently available on the left<br />hand side and as and when any of the ads above yours&nbsp;expire you would automatically move up.<br /><br /><b>Payment is made via PayPal and you can opt to renew or remove your advert after every&nbsp;quarter (three months).</b><br /><br />All you need to do is send me you advert image as a jpeg and the email address you want to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">use for the PayPal request.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Email your advert to - <i>bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="font_7" style="font-size: 26px; line-height: 0.9em;"><span style="line-height: 0.9em;"><span style="color: #208b84;"><span style="font-family: bodoni-w01-poster,bodoni-poster-w10,fantasy;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">STATISTICS</span></span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Print &amp; Pattern has :</span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="color: #208b84;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Had over 18 million hits.</span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has an average of over 9000 page views per weekday.</span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="color: #208b84;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was Voted the 15th best design blog in the world by</span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="color: #208b84;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Times Newspaper in 2011.</span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And voted as one of the Top 20 Best Interior&nbsp;</span></span><span class="color_19" style="font-family: bodoni-w01-poster, bodoni-poster-w10, fantasy; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Design</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blogs</span></span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="color_19" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em;">by <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Telegraph in 2012</span>.</span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="color: #208b84;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nominated as a favourite blog of The&nbsp;Conran Shop.</span></span></span></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div class="font_8" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="color_19"><span style="line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The P&amp;P blog has over 11,000 followers on Twitter.</span></span></span></div><br />bowie stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466484114788079965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200319567223727187.post-75269684343226325702009-04-08T07:08:00.000-07:002009-09-23T09:37:35.761-07:00THE PRINT & PATTERN BOOKSHOP<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kwZVnO9cmMY/R_TlhXVhl2I/AAAAAAAANao/jjuot1IH-gI/s1600-h/IMG_0268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185021432373024610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kwZVnO9cmMY/R_TlhXVhl2I/AAAAAAAANao/jjuot1IH-gI/s400/IMG_0268.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#000099;">the print and pattern bookshop is a selection of amazon products put together by me to help you search quickly for relevant titles. anything i review on the website can be found in the store.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000099;">just click the links which can always be found in the right hand column.</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/printpatte-21"><span style="color:#339999;">print &amp; pattern bookshop UK</span></a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/printpatte-20?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=1"><span style="color:#339999;">print &amp; pattern bookshop USA</span></a></div>bowie stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466484114788079965noreply@blogger.com